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The Supreme Court of California is the highest and final court of appeals in the courts of the U.S. state of California. It resides primarily in San Francisco at the Earl Warren Building, but it regularly holds sessions in Los Angeles and Sacramento. Its decisions are binding on all other California state courts. Since 1850, the court has issued many influential decisions in a variety of areas including torts, property, civil and constitutional rights, and criminal law.
David Newton Eagleson was an American lawyer who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from 1987 to 1991.
The California Courts of Appeal are the state intermediate appellate courts in the U.S. state of California. The state is geographically divided along county lines into six appellate districts. The Courts of Appeal form the largest state-level intermediate appellate court system in the United States, with 106 justices.
Stephen Roy Reinhardt was a United States Circuit Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, with chambers in Los Angeles, California. He was the last federal appeals court judge in active service to have been appointed by President Jimmy Carter.
Carlos Roberto Moreno is an American jurist who is the former United States Ambassador to Belize, serving from June 24, 2014 to January 20, 2017. Previously, he served as a Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California from February 4, 1998, to October 18, 2001, and as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from October 18, 2001, to February 28, 2011. Following his retirement from the bench, Moreno was counsel with Irell & Manella from 2011 to 2013. He has been a self-employed JAMS arbitrator since returning from Belize in 2017.
David E. Nahmias is the chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia since 2021. He is the former United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia.
The Government of Guam (GovGuam) is a presidential representative democratic system, whereby the President is the head of state and the Governor is head of government, and of a multi-party system. Guam is an organized, unincorporated territory of the United States with policy relations between Guam and the US under the jurisdiction of the Office of Insular Affairs.
Cormac Joseph Carney is a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
The Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles, is the California superior court with jurisdiction over Los Angeles County, which includes the city of Los Angeles. It is the largest single unified trial court in the United States.
Marcus Maurice Kaufman served as the 103rd justice on the Supreme Court of California from March 18, 1987 until his retirement on January 31, 1990. Prior to his appointment to the Supreme Court, Justice Kaufman served for 17 years as an Associate Justice of the California Court of Appeal, Fourth Appellate District, Second Division.
William F. Rylaarsdam was an Associate Justice of the California Courts of Appeal, Fourth District, Division Three. He was appointed by Governor Pete Wilson and, after his confirmation, took the oath of office on April 10, 1995. He was retained by voters in the November 5, 2002 election.
Stuart Robert Pollak is an Associate Justice of the California First District Court of Appeal, Division Four, in San Francisco, California. He has served as a judge of this court since 2002.
Frank Kellogg Richardson was an American attorney and Associate Justice of the California Supreme Court.
John Arnold Kronstadt is a Senior United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
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Louis Harry Burke was an American lawyer who served as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of California from November 20, 1964, to November 30, 1974.
Thomas Patrick White was an associate justice of the Supreme Court of California from August 18, 1959, to October 31, 1962.
